Patents by Inventor David Blaire Townsend

David Blaire Townsend has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Temporary surface protection
    Patent number: 8048507
    Abstract: A carpeted surface is protected with a temporary carpet protection sheet that includes a lightweight non-woven or knit fibrous material laminated with a resin backing into which at least portions of fibers of the fibrous material are embedded, or to which resin of the fibers is directly and chemically fused. Male touch fastener elements extend along the backing and are arranged in spaced apart fastening regions adjacent the longitudinal edges of the fibrous material. The male touch fastener elements are configured to be both releasably engageable with the hook-engageable fibers of the fibrous material, when the protection sheet is arranged in overlapping fashion, and releasably engageable with looped carpet tufts. A protection system features multiple lengths of such protection sheet joined by hook seaming tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: David Blaire Townsend, William H. Shepard, Scott Billings
  • TEMPORARY SURFACE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20110189423
    Abstract: A carpeted surface is protected with a temporary carpet protection sheet that includes a lightweight non-woven or knit fibrous material laminated with a resin backing into which at least portions of fibers of the fibrous material are embedded, or to which resin of the fibers is directly and chemically fused. Male touch fastener elements extend along the backing and are arranged in spaced apart fastening regions adjacent the longitudinal edges of the fibrous material. The male touch fastener elements are configured to be both releasably engageable with the hook-engageable fibers of the fibrous material, when the protection sheet is arranged in overlapping fashion, and releasably engageable with looped carpet tufts. A protection system features multiple lengths of such protection sheet joined by hook seaming tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: VELCRO INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: David Blaire Townsend, William H. Shepard, Scott Billings